Barrel



H. KNIGHT.

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BARREL. 7

Patented Mar. 28,1882

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UNITED STATES PATENT Orrrea.

HALE KNIGHT, OF NEWBURY, MASSACHUSETTS.

BARREL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 255,433, dated March 28, 1882,

Application filod January 14, 1882.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HALE KNIGHT, a citizen of the United States, residingat Newbury, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Barrels, of-which the following is a specification, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improvement in barrels, particularly in those designed and I adapted for holding flour, and it consists in a bilged barrel having in combination therewith a longitudinal partition constructed and adapted as hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows a barrel having a partition therein, a part of the barrel beingbroken away. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of barrel and partition at or near the middle of the barrel. Fig. 3 shows the partition removed from the barrel. Fig. 4 shows a partition formed of several pieces and of thicker material than that of the other'tigures.

It is' customary to mix flour of different kinds or grades to produce mixtures that are adapted to the different requirements of the trade. It is useful for every consumer to have flour at hand of different kinds or qualities, each better adapted for certain uses than the other or others. Therefore it would be desirable in many cases that flour of two or more kinds or grades should be kept separate, each kind or grade from the other or others, so that the consumer may conveniently mix them, or use each separately, as required. To accomplish this object I divide the barrel into longitudinal apartments, two being deemed sufticient in most cases. I place in a barrel, A, a longitudinal partition, B, which is collapsiblethat is, one so made that it may be sprung or bent, or of several pieces, which may be lapped upon one another or separated, so that itmay be inserted in or withdrawn from the barrel. Various ways of making and securingsuch partition may be employed. Therefore I would not confine the invention to any particular construction in detail. I prefer, however, to have the partition B formed of some thin material-as deal or straw board- -as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. Such partition, being shaped (No model.)

so as to conform to the bilge of the barrel, may be so sprung or bent that the middle or wider part may enter the barrel at the end or narrow part of the barrel, and it will afterward spring or may be bent back so that its edges will meet and bear against the sides of the barrel. Strips a of material thinner than the main part of the partition-as paper-may be fastened on the partition near its edges to cover any openings that there may be between the edges of the partition and sides of the barrel. The partition may be made of thicker material and of several pieces. When made of thick material and of three pieces, as shown in Fig. 4, the middle piece may be made tapering, so as .to be readily inserted between the two other pieces after the latter, formed to conform. to the bilge of the barrel, have been placed in the barrel and their edges fitted against the sides thereof, The edges of the pieces which fit against each other may be jointed, so that they may be kept in place relatively to each other.

The partition may be fastened to the barrel by nails, cleats, or otherwise, or may be retained in place simply by the flour as it is put in the barrel on both sides of the partition.

Though my improvement was designed with special reference to barrels to contain flour, as above specified, yet barrels so divided will be useful for packing other articles.

I claim as my invention- 1. A barrel having a longitudinal partition of thin flexible material fitting the interior bilge of the barrel, substantially as specified.

2. In combination with a bilged barrel, a longitudinal collapsible partition conformed to theinterior bilge of the barrel, and adapted to be inserted in and withdrawn from the barrel, as and for the purpose specified.

3. In combination with abarrel, a longitudinal partition formed to conform to the interior bilge of the barrel, and having strips a of thinner material along its edges, substantially as described.

HALE KNIGHT. v

Witnesses WM. T. GOLMAN, XENOPHON ADAMS. 

